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[Leysboy]

 

[yellowbow]

The meltdown on this forum after all these interviews if the board end up giving it to Craig Short until the end of the season...

I can see that happening. Tim isn’t one to be rushed is he?

It’s a shame the players are all still in the dark about it all. Hopefully it hasn’t been a distraction going into the game on Saturday. They will want to know more than we do!

 

[ExclusiveOxnews]

Grant Mccann. Announced tomorrow. In the stand for Derby. Appleton made the shortlist of 4. So did Manning.

 

[Emilio]

So he's throwing his name into the hat so he doesn't lose his job, not because he genuinely thinks he has it to be the guy to take us forward... Fills me with confidence...

 

[Leysboy]

It’s about getting the right man for the job. I’d rather we do it like this, than rush and make a rash decision. This could be someone that is here for a long time, so it’s important to try and get it right, as well as whoever interviews and comes across best suited for the job in hand.

 

[Common Villager]

From what I'm told, there's a number of candidates still in the frame and an announcement is unlikely to be today, but wouldn't rule it out completely. My view is that it will be before the Morecambe game at the latest. McCann, Appleton and Manning have all progressed to the second round stage of interviews and each bring something different to the table. Whatever happens CS will be picking the team on Saturday. It's possible that the new manager will be in the stands on Saturday, it's also possible that several of the rumoured candidates will be there, or perhaps even none of them.

Make of that what you will.

 

[oufcreport]

Heard anything today @UTO? So many mixed messages and rumours

 

[Emilio]

Are any of your Board members named Tohir by any chance?

No, but the CEO is called Randy

 

[Leysboy]

Grant Mccann. Announced tomorrow. In the stand for Derby. Appleton made the shortlist of 4. So did Manning.

Who was the fourth?

 

[Emilio]

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[Taff Ewe]

You can't live in the past. If it's Appleton I'll be happy but I think there's one or two been mentioned who I genuinely believe will be better equipped for what we need this season and next.

How is Appleton not equipped? Wherever he has had time to establish himself properly, he can do the job required and even overachieve. I don't get why there is a thought process that the majority of fans are deluded and are just romanticising as we were with Jim Smith, who in fairness had probably seen his best days and football had moved on.

Appleton is in his prime and there is absolutely no reason why it cannot restart our partnership for something special as we had before.

To actually think that it has no chance of working, is in fact deluded.

 

[Royalstandard74]

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So he's throwing his name into the hat so he doesn't lose his job, not because he genuinely thinks he has it to be the guy to take us forward... Fills me with confidence...

Hopefully he's the first out of the door when the new manager is appointed, he was/is part of the reason we're in this mess.

 

[Jster]

Hopefully we never did offer it to Fowler...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1633861252534632450

 

[OxfordBoy]

From what I'm told, there's a number of candidates still in the frame and an announcement is unlikely to be today, but wouldn't rule it out completely. My view is that it will be before the Morecambe game at the latest. McCann, Appleton and Manning have all progressed to the second round stage of interviews and each bring something different to the table. Whatever happens CS will be picking the team on Saturday. It's possible that the new manager will be in the stands on Saturday, it's also possible that several of the rumoured candidates will be there, or perhaps even none of them.

Make of that what you will.

So there might not be an announcement today, but possibly there will be. But if it’s not today you’re going to go out on a limb and suggest it’s probably within the next 10 days or so? The new manager might be in the stands for the next game, but then again maybe he won’t. And it could be any one of four that we already know are in the frame

Well, cheers for all that info mate, I feel a lot more informed now than I did before I read your comment

If anyone is a bit strapped for cash Common Villager just sent me a private message, telling me he knows the lottery numbers for tomorrow’s big draw, he absolutely guaranteed me all Six numbers would be somewhere between 1 and 59

 

[Jason N]

Jeeze, this is worse than the transfer window threads, productivity within the Oxfordshire workforce is taking a massive nosedive whilst OUFC make a decision.

 

[Jason N]

So there might not be an announcement today, but possibly there will be. But if it’s not today you’re going to go out on a limb and suggest it’s probably within the next 10 days or so? The new manager might be in the stands for the next game, but then again maybe he won’t. And it could be any one of four that we already know are in the frame

Well, cheers for all that info mate, I feel a lot more informed now than I did before I read your comment

If anyone is a bit strapped for cash Common Villager just sent me a private message, telling me he knows the lottery numbers for tomorrow’s big draw, he absolutely guaranteed me all Six numbers would be somewhere between 1 and 59

Has eggy changed his handle?

 

[Common Villager]

So there might not be an announcement today, but possibly there will be. But if it’s not today you’re going to go out on a limb and suggest it’s probably within the next 10 days or so? The new manager might be in the stands for the next game, but then again maybe he won’t. And it could be any one of four that we already know are in the frame

Well, cheers for all that info mate, I feel a lot more informed now than I did before I read your comment

If anyone is a bit strapped for cash Common Villager just sent me a private message, telling me he knows the lottery numbers for tomorrow’s big draw, he absolutely guaranteed me all Six numbers would be somewhere between 1 and 59

 

[Lescottsforehead]

Mccanngate

Let’s hope our pre season tour isn’t in Portugal or he may never return

 

[Big Ron]

How is Appleton not equipped? Wherever he has had time to establish himself properly, he can do the job required and even overachieve. I don't get why there is a thought process that the majority of fans are deluded and are just romanticising as we were with Jim Smith, who in fairness had probably seen his best days and football had moved on.

Appleton is in his prime and there is absolutely no reason why it cannot restart our partnership for something special as we had before.

To actually think that it has no chance of working, is in fact deluded.

Playing Devil's advocate here - in what sense is Appleton in his prime? Age, success, motivation?

His record is, at best, mixed: three early appointments that, for different reasons, didn't come off - success with us and a good season with Lincoln, followed by perceived failure at Blackpool. That's a mixed bag by anyone's reckoning. I'm sure there are a lot fans at various clubs raising an eyebrow at his potential appointment.

I'm certainly not saying that he couldn't so the job and I wouldn't welcome him back but on the other hand, you can't ignore the 'noise' that accompanies him.

 

[tonyw]

If true, and it’s a big if since our own seemingly don’t know about this but somehow Alan Nixon does, It’s middle of the road. it’s not a disastrous appointment but equally not the one I felt we needed to generate that instant buzz that could get a few points on the board quickly.

As others have said it’s a missed opportunity but not the first so I’m not shocked. I think the board have massively overlooked and underestimated the impact of a feel-good factor in football and not paid much attention to what we really need in these next ten games and completely fixated on promotion to the championship which is a distant dream right now and not the priority. He’s lost both his relegation fights. I’m not convinced this is the man for the immediate job but that’s not his fault and I will be entirely behind him at as many games as I can.

And I think you're massively overestimating the impact of feel-good factor in football!

In 2006, our greatest ever managerial hero came back to save us from relegation out of the football league. There was literally noone in the world of football we could have turned to that would have gotten the fans more excited and more pumped up than the Bald Eagle. And the feel-good factor lasted exactly one game, and we still went down.

Wilder was the opposite. When he was appointed, most fans went 'Who? This guy seems a little underwhelming and dull'. But after just one game to assess, he immediately had us playing infinitely better and going on an absurd winning run with mostly the same group of players. Because he knew the division, and he knew what was needed to succeed.

If the Board are ignoring fan sentiment in picking the new manager, then I say good - it would be one of the few things they've gotten right recently.

This is not to say that MApp still shouldn't get the job. But if he does, it should be because he has the clearest understanding and most persuasive vision of how to get us out of our current mess.